Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment (Railway Systems Activities) Regulation 2020 (NSW)

New South Wales

Protection of the Environment Operations

(General) Amendment (Railway Systems

Activities) Regulation 2020

under the

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997.

MATTHEW KEAN, MP

Minister for Energy and Environment

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Protection of the Environment Operations (General)

Regulation 2009 to extend the period during which a requirement to hold an environment protection licence
for the operation of rolling stock on a track is imposed on the occupier of the land on which the track is
situated.

The requirement is imposed by clause 19 of Schedule 8 to that Regulation. Clause 19 ceases to apply to an occupier of land 10 months after the commencement of the Protection of the Environment Operations

Legislation Amendment (Scheduled Activities) Regulation 2019, being 5 May 2020 (or on the day on which

each person who operates rolling stock on the track holds an environment protection licence for that activity, if that date is earlier). The proposed amendment extends the application of clause 19 by 3 months, to 5 August 2020.

This Regulation is made under the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997, including sections
5(3) and 323 (the general regulation-making power).
Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment (Railway Systems Activities) Regulation

2020 [NSW]

Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Amendment

(Railway Systems Activities) Regulation 2020

under the

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Protection of the Environment Operations (General)

Amendment (Railway Systems Activities) Regulation 2020.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Protection of the Environment Operations (General) Regulation 2009

Schedule 8 Savings and transitional provisions

Omit “10 months” from clause 19(2). Insert instead “13 months”.